English connections in Boston discovered

One of the memorials to the first governor of
Massachussetts, John Winthrop from Suffolk, England.

WE bought 'charlie' tickets for the Boston subway at Aquarium station. Like everything else in Boston, the subway system was clean and efficient. It was strange looking at the destination boards and seeing we could take a train to places like Braintree. We went to Government Centre (sorry Center) where we picked up the Freedom trail to find the end of the my 'Winthrop Trail' which started in Suffolk England. One of my friends had bought me a "Freedom Trail" booklet from the USS Constitution Museum shop. It is easy to trace the sights and attractions of the city by following the Freedom Trail, which is clearly marked out with coloured bricks in the pavement (sidewalk). It was therefore easy to find the Burying ground next to King's Chapel and the grave of the Winthrops. I had found the end of the trail which started in Suffolk, England. We also found the grave of Mary Chiltern, a child, who was one of the first to step off the Mayflower onto American soil in 1621. We enjoyed browsing in the Boston shops and Quincey Market. We were in search of refreshments and found out way into a sweetie and ice-cream shop, with bar stools and chairs and tables. Here we treated ourselves to ice-creams. A small ice-cream IS small in England. In America, it is enormous, enough for two and although delicious, they were nearly melted when we finally finished them! Two boston police came into the ice cream and sweetie shop carrying coffees from another cafe and sat on the bar stools. I was a bit surprised about this, until I realised one was the boyfriend of the girl behind the counter. One peculiarity about Boston is that it is the city which originated "Dunkin Donuts". I'm not sure what this fact says about the city, but it is not an image which fits well in my mind with the high ideals of the puritans who founded it. It's lucky the city has many other claims to fame. We took a bus back to Arcadia and the route took us past that tea party ship.